Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Kamloops grandson of Toronto van attack victim calls guilty verdict 'a sigh of relief'
KAMLOOPS - A Supreme Court judge has found the man who carried out the 2018 van attack in Toronto guilty on all counts. This morning, Justice Anne Molloy declared Alek Minassian guilty of 10 counts of...
James Peters Mar 03, 2021

Shuswap mother and daughter win $500,000 lotto prize
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Theresa Worthington and her daughter Alexa thought they were stopping at the store to satisfy a licorice craving, but instead ended up leaving with something sweeter.The mother-daug...
Mar 03, 2021

SD73 board chooses Chilliwack's Station One Architects to design Parkcrest Elementary School replacement
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School District's Board of Education has chosen the architecture firm that will design the new Parkcrest Elementary School.Station One Architects, formerly known as CH...
Mar 03, 2021

Federal grant touted as game-changer for TRU genomics lab
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University (TRU) says a federal grant announced Wednesday (Mar. 3) will help transform the school's Applied Genomics Laboratory into a world class facility.As part of a half...
Mar 03, 2021

Tk’emlups: Chief Casimir impersonated again
TK'EMLUPS - For the second time in six months, Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS) Kukpi7/Chief Rosanne Casimir has been impersonated.A notice from TteS on Wednesday (Mar. 3) stated there was another situat...
Mar 03, 2021

Kamloops man charged with firearms offences
KAMLOOPS - A 22-year-old Kamloops man is facing a series of firearms charges after being stopped by police in Barriere Friday night (Feb. 26).Cameron Jaykob Deakin-Robertson is facing five charges rel...
Mar 03, 2021

Kamloops housing options must commit to wraparound services and washrooms, business areas getting security patrol
KAMLOOPS - Nearly four hours of dialogue at Kamloops council's special meeting on Tuesday (March 2) saw multiple key motions approved. All current and future transitional and supportive housing option...
Doug Collins Mar 02, 2021

UPDATE: Missing woman located
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: RCMP say the 28-year-old woman has been located and is safe.
James Peters Mar 02, 2021 Image Credit: CFJC Today

Trio of Kamloops women councillors hoping collaboration leads to more change in city
KAMLOOPS - They're not calling it an official partnership, but the trio of Dale Bass, Sadie Hunter and Kathy Sinclair feel, as the only women on council, it's important to band together. "[It's] progr...
Mar 02, 2021

Boogie the Bridge organizers plan for another COVID-safe event in 2021
KAMLOOPS - About a year ago, the annual run-up to Boogie the Bridge had just begun. A week later, the COVID-19 pandemic shrouded the future of the 2020 event in uncertainty."It's been a tough couple o...
Mar 02, 2021

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